SCHUYLERVILLE -- Two Schuylerville residents have been charged with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, for allegedly stealing $43,000 from Byron's Village Market.

Keith Depoty, 48, and Arlene Vidal, 55, of the same Broad Street address, both worked at the market as manager and night manager, respectively.

They allegedly took large quantities of scratch-off Lottery tickets and used store funds to pay themselves for winning tickets during off-hours, when the store wasn't open.

They were recently charged by the state police Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

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The thefts had allegedly been going on for about six months and were brought to the attention of store owner Byron Peregrim when the state Lottery Division sent him a higher-than-expected billing invoice.